While we all take time to remember the attacks on our nation, and the murderers of thousands, below are some documentaries and clips related to that day. ...OF IMPORTANT NOTE: A heartbreaking milestone haunts this year’s 9/11 anniversary — 341 FDNY members have now died of … [Read more...]
The East Palestine Fire Chief told NTSB investigators probing a Norfolk Southern derailment that the railroad gave him 13 minutes to decide whether to vent and burn carloads of hazardous vinyl chloride — a timeline he said left him feeling “blindsided.” The decision would … [Read more...]
FDNY arrived in just about four minutes this morning and found heavy fire in an e-bike store, located on the first floor. Again. It's Firefighter Stand Down Week...and the North American fire service focus are L-Ion fires. Four people were killed at the NYC fire and two … [Read more...]
The 2023 Firefighter Safety Stand Down runs this week, June 19-24. This year’s theme is “Lithium-ion Batteries: Are You Ready?” PLANNING THIS WEEK: Each weekday will cover a different topic relating to lithium-ion battery response and safety, which will be broken … [Read more...]
By David Caltibiano, 3TV/CBS 5: Firefighters in Casa Grande received concerning test results when nearly half of a hazmat team tested for elevated levels of arsenic during their annual heavy metal testing. None of the seven firefighters knew they had high levels of the … [Read more...]
In support of this year’s Firefighter Safety Stand Down campaign, June 18-24, the Safety Stand Down Sweepstakes Quiz is now live, featuring questions that reinforce key messages and practices behind this year’s theme, “Lithium-ion Batteries: Are You Ready?” Firefighters & … [Read more...]
This is an interesting and excellent proposal. There are many in "our world" who are against "mandated" firefighter training-but yet support "mandated" training for pilots, doctors, nurses, paramedics-you know, folks like that. Career or Volunteer-each of us must be trained (and … [Read more...]